Air Asia Flight QZ 8501 Surabaya to Singapore with 161 passengers missing

Air Asia Flight QZ 8501 Surabaya to Singapore with 161 passengers missing

Around 6:17am local time Air Asia flight QZ 8501 Surabaya to Singapore. Plane asked for an unusual route before it got lost contact the plane is a Airbus A320–200 with 161 load of passengers plus 6 crews.

Post by AirAsiaPhilippines.

As the new happens Air Asia social media accounts updated their profile photos from bright Red Logo to a Grey. Air Asia posted updates:

The captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours

There were 155 passengers on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. Also on board were 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew.

Nationalities of passengers and crew onboard are as below:

• 1 Singapore
• 1 Malaysia
• 1 France
• 3 South Korean
• 156 Indonesia

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This is a really sad new lets all hope and pray. Search and rescue efforts are currently underway.

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